Legal Opinion
Donald Aldridge v. City of Memphis
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 14, 2010No. 08-6046UnpublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOGGS, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, 26 former captains in the Memphis Police Department (“Department”), appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment. This action arose when the Department abolished the rank of captain and, without a hearing, demoted all then-captains to their former ranks. A subset of the demoted captains filed suit against the City of Memphis (“City”) and the Department’s Director, Mike Godwin (“Godwin”), alleging breach of contract and violations of the Due Process Clause, Equal Protection Clause, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), 42 U.S.C.…
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